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How to make Candy Windows for your Gingerbread House

There are several ways to make windows for your gingerbread house.

After Baking Method (I prefer this method. If you try to melt your windows while initially baking the gingerbread piece, due to the length of cook time, the candy tends to over-cook, turn brown, and can run over your window area onto your wall area.)

Bake your gingerbread piece as you normally would - making sure to cut out a place for your window BEFORE baking.

After your piece has cooled, brush off any loose crumbs and flour. Place gingerbread piece on a fresh piece of aluminum foil.

Place Brachs Butterscotch discs into the window area (I've tried jolly-ranchers and lifesavers, but they tend to melt a few weeks later). You kind of have to eye-ball how much candy to place in each window area.

Bake in 350 oven for about 4 - 8 minutes (depending on window size), keep checking and remove piece from oven when all the candy has melted.

I've found that you can crush the candy to have more precise placement - and it melts quicker. However, I normally use the candy whole.

Let the piece dry overnight and carefully remove the aluminum foil.

Hard Candy Method

Bake your gingerbread piece as you normally would - making sure to cut out a place for your window BEFORE baking.

After your piece has cooled, brush off any loose crumbs and flour. Place gingerbread piece on a fresh piece of aluminum foil.

Cook a batch of clear hard candy as below:

1 cup granulated cane sugar
1/3 cup hot water
1/3 cup light com syrup

Combine sugar, hot water and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan. Place on high heat and stir with a wooden spoon until all sugar crystals are dissolved. Wash down sides of pan with a pastry brush dipped in hot water. Clip on thermometer. Continue cooking, without stirring, to 290F, then remove from heat. Entire cooking process takes about ten minutes

While hot, pour the clear hard candy into your window cut-out's.

Let completely cool before peeling off aluminum foil.

Other Methods

Place yellow cello-phane on the backside of your wall where your window cut-out is.

Create illusion of a lit window with yellow frosting.

Place edible rice paper on the backside of your wall where your window cut-out is.

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